Nouveau contre-la-montre et nouvelle victoire pour Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) sur le Tour d'Italie 2023 ! Moins impérial que lors du chrono inaugural, le Belge a tout de même réalisé une bonne performance pour s'imposer sur les 35 kilomètres reliant Savignano sul Rubicone et Cesena, ce dimanche. Finalement, il ne devance que d'une seconde Geraint Thomas et de deux Tao Geoghehan Hart, tous les deux membres de l'équipe INEOS Grenadiers. Grâce à cette victoire, le coureur de 23 ans reprend le maillot Rose de leader. Même s'il est heureux de cette victoire, Evenepoel n'est pas totalement satisfait de sa performance.
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00:00 I'm going to win.
00:01 [Music]
00:16 At the first time check it looked like a comfortable win,
00:19 but it's very tight at the end.
00:20 Four riders in four seconds.
00:22 I think I didn't pace it very well.
00:27 I started way too fast
00:28 and my second part was actually a really bad part.
00:32 And then after the technical section in Cesena
00:36 I found some better legs because I could recover a bit.
00:39 But I think my first part was very good
00:42 and it was the pacing plan that we tried to get.
00:45 But in the second part with the headwind
00:48 I wasn't feeling too well.
00:50 So not the best result.
00:54 But yeah, it's another stage win so that's very nice.
00:56 But I think it was not my best time trial that I ever did.
01:00 So yeah, I think we should just be happy
01:03 that we took the stage win again
01:05 and that we have the pink jersey.
01:06 But I think it was a very tight one today.
01:09 And you will continue the Giro with a 45 seconds advantage.
01:12 Now, Geraint Thomas, about one minute on Roglic.
01:15 Is that what you wanted?
01:17 Oh yeah, it's pretty well.
01:18 I think to go into the mountains with that advantage
01:21 is pretty good.
01:23 For sure Ineos will have some plans to attack me.
01:28 But we have a strong team.
01:30 We have a lot of confidence.
01:33 I think tomorrow I really need to recover well.
01:35 Because I think the last two days were my best days.
01:39 So I think we should try to recover well
01:43 and just enjoy today's victory.
01:45 (announcers speaking in Italian)
01:58 You wanted the pink jersey on day one.
02:06 You wanted to let it go on day four.
02:08 You wanted it back after the time trial.
02:10 It looks like the executed plan.
02:12 But what's the feeling of getting it back on stage?
02:14 Yeah, I'm happy.
02:15 Especially it's Mother's Day today.
02:17 My parents and my wife came here.
02:19 So I think it's a nice present for my mother.
02:22 As it's Mother's Day.
02:24 To give her this victory.
02:26 And to get the pink jersey back when they were here.
02:29 I knew they were coming.
02:30 I really wanted them to come.
02:31 Like I wanted it last year in Alicante in the Vuelta a Time Trial.
02:35 So yeah, just super happy that everything goes according to plan.
02:40 Maybe we wanted to take some more time today.
02:43 But yeah, I think it has been very tough conditions the last days.
02:48 Rainy, cold, long days.
02:50 So it might be, yeah, maybe my legs weren't just the most fresh anymore.
02:55 And my pacing plan was maybe not the best strategy.
02:58 But just happy that I could take the win.
03:00 Since you mentioned Alicante, it's hard to compare the races.
03:04 But in Alicante, you had a 2'41" advantage over Roglic.
03:08 And now within 50 seconds, you have three Grand Tour winners.
03:12 Will it be more difficult to win the Giro?
03:14 Of course it's not going to be easy.
03:16 I think we will have to look at it day by day.
03:19 Of course I also won a Grand Tour.
03:21 So it's pretty special to have the top four of all Grand Tour riders fighting for this Giro victory.
03:26 But I think it shows that it's not just a battle between Primoz and myself.
03:31 But also the two Ineos guys are very strong.
03:33 We could also see that yesterday.
03:35 That they were the only ones that could follow Primoz.
03:38 So it's going to be a very interesting race.
03:42 But it's always better to have a bit of advantage.
03:45 We can take control of the races.
03:48 And they have to attack us.
03:50 So now I'm just going to enjoy my Sunday on Monday.
03:55 And just enjoy the rest day and try to recover as much as possible.
03:59 Thank you.
04:00 Thank you.
04:01 (whooshing)